Ontario Provincial Parks and
Campgrounds along the Lake Superior Circle Route

Camping and Campgrounds Ontario Eastern North Shore
of Lake Superior

Several nice Provincial Parks and private campgrounds are convenient to Superior Circle Route travelers along the route from Sault Ste. Marie to Marathon, Ontario. We've included here those parks and camping areas we've found suitable as overnight stops for the circle tour traveler. Some of these featured parks and campgrounds have additional attractions that make them worth spending a few additional hours or even an extra day or three to better sample what they have to offer.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

The Lions Club Pointe Des Chenes Campground is located about 10 km west of Sault Ste. off Highway 550. It is a gated, family-oriented, modern facility with showers, electric hookups, dump station, convenience store, playground, 100 campsites and an expansive sand beach on Lake Superior's Whitefish Bay. The camp sites are partially wooded and on the small side. Even though tightly packed, there seems to be a community feel to the place that we've always enjoyed. And the prices are reasonable.

There are two privately operated campgrounds on the north edge of the city that we have yet to try.

Go here for the Pointe Des Chenes Campground website
Go here for information on other Soo area campgrounds

Pancake Bay Provincial Park

Pancake Bay is a large Provincial Park located on a south facing protected bay of Lake Superior. The wide 3.2 km long sand beach is crisp, clean, and rarely crowded. It offers ample space for sunbathing, beach combing, and in later summer - swimming. The park offers 325 nicely spaced, partially wooded campsites - of which 160 have electric service. A modern facility, it has showers, flush toilets, a park store, playground, dump stations, an a naturalist programme.

Go here for the Park website

Lake Superior Provincial Park

Lake Superior is a very large park offering high quality hiking trails, backcountry backpacking, kayaking, canoeing, interior wilderness lakes, rivers, scenic vistas and extensive Lake Superior shoreline and sandy beaches. The Visitor Centre and the Agawa Rock Pictographs are "must see" stops for the traveler who is just passing through. There are three day use picnic areas, two on Lake Superior and one on the Sand River. There are three campgrounds. The largest Agawa Bay is similar in layout to Pancake Bay Provincial Park but half as many sites. Rabbit Blanket campground also offers electric hookups and showers. Crescent Lake Campground is semi-modern.

Go here for more Park Information

Obatanga and White Lake Provincial Parks

These two parks are located in the relatively isolated 108 mile stretch of road between Wawa and Marathon Ontario. This portion of the Lake Superior route is substantially inland from the lake with a more flat and barren topography. Because this stretch lacks the scenic attractions found on the rest of the Ontario route, we've never stayed at either of these parks.

For the traveler for whom a stop along this route fits the plan either of these parks would be satisfactory.

Go here for the Obatanga Park website
Go here for the White Lake Park website

Pukaskwa National Park

Pukaskwa is a protected wilderness area most known for whitewater and wilderness canoeing, sea kayaking, and wilderness backpacking. But the Hattie Cove campground near Marathon opens up a portion of the park to less challenging endeavors - lake canoeing, sailing, scenic hikes, and nature trails. The campground offers a nature center, flush toilets and showers, and handicapped accessible facilities. 67 sites, 20 with electricity.

Go here for more info on Pukaskwa
Go here for Hattie Cove campground map

Neys Provincial Park

Neys is a few miles west of Marathon off Highway 17 on Ashburton Bay of Lake Superior and bordered on the west end by the Little Pic River. There are four camping areas within the park with a total of 144 sites; 29 sites have electric hookups. Each camping area is serviced by toilets and water hydrants, plus there is a centrally located shower and laundry facility. Beach combing and hiking are the main recreational activities.

Go here for more info on Neys

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